Tag: Coronavirus

The police can now intervene in Ontario by distributing heavy fines to enforce certain measures decreed in the wake of the recent declaration of health emergency in this province, in order to counter the spread of COVID-19. “Although voluntary compliance is always preferred, under the Emergency Management and Civil Protection Act, there are consequences for […]

Events are jostling in Quebec and internationally due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Here you will find all the news related to this crisis that is hitting governments, the economy and the population. LAST BALANCE SHEET | 9:55 p.m. PLANETARY Confirmed cases: 272,351 Dead: 11,310 Recovered: 87,965 CANADA 1087 cases in Canada 139 in Quebec 12 dead […]

For the first time in modern US history, the Pentagon has just received secret orders to prepare to assume “government continuity” if the coronavirus crisis creates situations that prevent civilian authorities from exercising their responsibilities and ensuring internal security. According to Newsweek , the Defense Secretary, Mark Esper, signed on 1 st February of secret directives ordering the US […]

The world record for deaths linked to the coronavirus held by Italy , the first European focus of the pandemic, is explained by several factors, according to scientists: average high age in the country, health organization, method of counting infected people and deceased. An elderly population The coronavirus, the most serious form of which concerns the […]

The number of EI claimants has broken all records in the past week It is unheard of in Canadian history. Half a million workers have applied for EI in the past week, almost 20 times more than usual. This figure reveals the scale of the COVID-19 crisis and shows how overwhelmed the federal government is with […]

American scientists published Wednesday in the journal Science the first three-dimensional atomic map of the part of the new coronavirus that infects human cells, an important step in the development of treatments and vaccines. A team of researchers from the University of Texas at Austin and the National Institutes of Health (NIH) used a technology […]

The new coronavirus has killed more than 800 people, almost all in China, now surpassing the global SARS toll, but WHO said it saw “good news” in stabilizing the daily number of infections. The 2019-nCoV virus, which appeared in a market in Wuhan (center) in December, killed an additional 89 people in mainland China (excluding […]

The death toll from the coronavirus in China has risen to 304 after authorities in Hubei province, the hotbed of the epidemic, announced 45 more deaths on Sunday. In its daily update, the Health Commission of this central China province also reported 1,921 new confirmed cases of infection in Hubei. These additional cases bring the […]

The paramedics at Urgences-santé are ready to intervene if they have to take care of a patient carrying the new coronavirus. Each ambulance has a special kit which the paramedics already use to deal with all kinds of viruses. “[It’s] for all contagious diseases, actually. We will wear the same equipment. Whether gastrointestinal, flu or other illnesses, […]

Sign of the concern aroused by the new coronavirus in the country, several pharmacies are currently experiencing stockouts for protective masks. TVA News called or went to some twenty pharmacies in Montreal, Laval, Longueuil, Châteauguay, Sorel-Tracy and Joliette on Tuesday to try to obtain protective masks against the flu. The observation is the same almost […]